Welcome to the stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. I'm your host Tracy Thomas and today I am joined

by Leah Kach, one of the two sisters who opened The Ripped Bodice, a predominantly

romance-based bookstore here in Los Angeles.

Leah talks to us about opening a bookstore,

her love of romance, and so much more.

Before we get to it, let's do a little housekeeping.

All right, here it is your weekly reminder.

Everything we talk about on today's episode can be found in the show notes.

There is a link there that will take you to all the books discussed today,

as well as the social media accounts for the Stacks and our guests.

Plus, if you shop through the links on Amazon,

you're helping to keep the Stacks free.

If you're looking for an amazing book recommendation,

send us an email to asking the St at gmail dot com

myself and my guest will read it on air

discuss it and then give you a personalized book recommendation or five.

So email asking the stacks at gmail dot com with your name what you're looking for and

maybe a few titles you've loved or hated. If you like the sacks and want to support

the work we're doing here are a few easy ways you can help. First of all

join us over on patreon that's a website where you support the work we're doing and earn perks for yourself. We've got a virtual book club. We got inside access to the show and we have an amazing community of other readers who love the podcast.

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